8 September 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for the class. Excerpts of the four points: 1. The enemy Some Christian leaders rushed to Islam’s defense. Yet I also received an email written by a clergyman, that was just short of Hitlerian in its bigotry and willful misinterpretation of the theology and social system of […]
by Loren Seibold | 7 September 2021 | Shortly after 9/11, I rushed out a book on the event for Pacific Press, which they titled badly and promoted poorly, and it didn’t sell. (Lesson: writing a book isn’t an automatic path to fame. I’ve often wondered if anyone read it—aside from Mrs. Hooper, my academy […]
by S.M. Chen | 7 September 2021 | “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” —Native American saying The dodo bird and the passenger pigeon are just two I remember. You may be thinking of your own names—names of those who have gone before, who are no […]
6 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Does the calendar still have a day set aside for appreciation of pastors? If so, how can the church best celebrate this day in accordance with the Church Manual? Signed, Planning Ahead Dear Planning: Pastors’ Appreciation Day—actually known as Clergy Appreciation Day to take into account those religions […]
6 September 2021 | Dear Editor, Without intending to extend this controversy, I wish to say that I agreed with and appreciated Loren Seibold’s concern about the planned distribution of a billion copies of The Great Controversy (“The Wrong Way to Reach the World,” 27 August 2021). Would it be possible to channel the enthusiasm […]
by Hannele Ottschofski | 3 September 2021 | I grew up as a good Adventist no-coffee-drinker. We never had coffee in my childhood home. My family was not big on hot drinks, anyway, so I didn’t know to miss it. But when I went somewhere where there was coffee, I loved the aroma. How could […]
2 September 2021 | After months of speculation, the role of South Pacific Division’s Adventist Heritage Director has finally been filled. History teacher David Jones accepted the role in August, which curator and archivist Rose-lee Power vacated in May due to a forced redundancy. Sources close to Rose-lee say that she was surprised to be […]
4 September 2021 | Read the essay by Bryan Ness here. Excerpt: These are important questions because Adventists that are scientifically well educated often recognize that the scientific evidence does not support the existence of a worldwide flood, and if the church insists all must believe in a worldwide flood, or their salvation is at […]
by Bryan Ness | 31 August 2021 | This article will be discussed at the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar this coming Sabbath. The story of Noah’s flood has long been a favorite children’s story because of its apparent simplicity of message. Since Adam and Eve mankind has become progressively more sinful and God finally reaches […]
by Ben Kreiter | 31 August 2021 | COVID, Coercion & Conscience, a much-talked-about conference on the weekend of August 20-21 sponsored jointly by the Berrien Springs Village Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Liberty and Health Alliance, was billed as “neither an anti-vaccination, nor pro-vaccination event, rather it is a call to the full engagement […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: Will I be lost because I unfriended someone on Facebook? Signed, Seriously not serious Dear Serious, You indicated that you meant this question tongue-in-cheek. But you raise an issue we need to talk about. Social media is so new that we are all still figuring out how to use it so that […]
By Loren Seibold | 27 August 2021 | Adventists (they weren’t Seventh-day Adventists yet) had a pretty good idea back in the 1830s and 1840s. They believed Jesus was returning, and they wanted to be ready for him. They were wrong about the date. But they were sincerely and innocently wrong. And righteously wrong: they […]
